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A  bill  to  amend 
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[Housa  OP  Rrpresewtatives,   No.  349.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  January  23,  1865.— Btad 
first  and  second- times,  referred  to  Committee  on  Military  Aflfairp 
and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  Mr.  Blandford. 


A.    BILL 

To  amend  An  Act  to  organize  forces  to  serve  during  the  war. 

1  The   Congress  of  the   Confederati   States  of  America  d§  tnact, 

1  That  all  male  white  peraoni,  citizens  of,  or  domiciled  in  the 

5  Confederate  States,  between  the  ages  of  eighteen  and  forty-ive 
4  years,  except  as  hereinafter  exempted,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
i  liable  to  service  in  the  provisional  array  of  the  Confederate 

6  States,  during  the  war ;  and  all  conscriptioms  of  persons  here- 

7  after  made  to  serve  in  said  army  shall  be  of  persons  between 
6  said  ages. 

1  Sec.  2.     Any  soldier  in  said  army  or  in  the  reserve  corps, 

2  over  the  age  of  forty-five  years,  shall,  upon  his  proper  applica- 

3  tion  made,  be  entitled  to   receive  hii  discharge  from  such  ser- 

4  vice,  with  transportation  at  the  public  expense ,  to  his  place  of 

5  residence. 

1  Sec.  3.     Members  of  Congress,  and  of  the  several  State  Legis- 

2  latures.  and  all  judicial  aad  other  officers  whose  offices  are  cre- 

3  ated  by  the  Constitution  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  by  the 

4  constitution  of  either  of  the  States;  also,  such  other  offieerB  as 

5  the  Presidest  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  the  proper  avthori- 


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6  ties  of  the  several  States,  ebaU  declare  to  be  necessary  for  the 

7  proper   sdminiptration   of  their   respective  governments,  are 

8  hcrebj  declared  not  liable  to  conscription. 

1  Sec  4.     Hereafter  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  detail  tor  other  ser- 

2  vice,  any  person  fit  for  duty  in  the  field,  who  is  subject  to  mili- 

3  tary  service  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act;  and  all  such  per- 

4  sons  heretofore  detailed  shall  be,  with  as  little  delay  as  practi- 

5  cable,  returned  to  their  respective  commands.    Provided,  That 

6  nothing  herein  contained  shall  he  construed  so  as  to  prohibit  the 

7  President  from  detailing  a  limited  number  or  scientific  persons, 

8  skilled  artizans  and  mechanics,  whose  services  may  be  necessa- 

9  Tj  for  tho  production  of  arms,  munitions  of  war,  and  other  ma- 
10  terials  for  the  use  of  the  armies  of  the  Confederate  States. 

1  Sjec>  5>  Hereafter  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  conscript  any  person 

2  under  this  or  any  existing  law,  until  the  President  shall   have 

3  first  made  his  requisition  upon  the  Governor  of  the  State  where 

4  such  person  shall  reside,  for  the  quota  of  men  required  to  b« 

5  furnished  by  such  State  for  service  in  the  army  of  the  Confed- 

6  erate  States,  and  the  Governor  shall  have  failed  to  comply  with 

7  such  requisition.    The  Governors  of  the  States,  in  filling  requi- 

8  sitions  by  the  Prreident  for  troops,  are  hereby  authorii^ed  to  in  - 

9  dude  in,  ancl  make  part  of  the  quotas  required  to  be  furnished 
1©  by  ikmr  respective  States,  soldiers  of  the  army  of  the  €onfeder- 
ir   ate  States,  who,  at  the  date  of  th©  passage  of  this  Act,  were  de- 


12  sertern  or  absent  without  leave  from  tlieir  commaads,  and  may 

13  ors^anize  th3  troops  so  furnished  into  companies,  battalions  and 

14  regiments.     Prnvided,  That  the  rank  and  numbers  of  the  offi- 

15  cers,  and  the  complement  of  men  in  each  organization  so  form- 

16  ed,  shall  be  the  same  as  is  required  in  similar  organizations  in 

17  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States. 


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